Spain vs Cape Verde Islands, Worldcup 2026 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Spain vs Cape Verde Islands — Worldcup at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
- Spain 1 games · 1 pts (2026/26)
- Cape Verde Islands 1 games · 1 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
- Assistant 1 Mohammad Al Kalaf (Jordan)
- Assistant 2 Ahmad Moannes Nadi Al Roalle (Jordan)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Mexico 2 6 2 South Korea 2 3 3 Czechia 2 1 4 South Africa 2 1 5 Canada 2 4 6 Switzerland 2 4 7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 1 8 Qatar 2 1 9 Scotland 1 3 10 Morocco 1 1 11 Brazil 1 1 12 Haiti 1 0 13 United States 1 3 14 Australia 1 3 15 Turkey 1 0 16 Paraguay 1 0 17 Germany 1 3 18 Ivory Coast 1 3 19 Ecuador 1 0 20 Curacao 1 0 21 Sweden 1 3 22 Japan 1 1 23 Netherlands 1 1 24 Tunisia 1 0 25 New Zealand 1 1 26 Iran 1 1 27 Belgium 1 1 28 Egypt 1 1 29 Uruguay 1 1 30 Saudi Arabia 1 1 31 Spain 1 1 32 Cape Verde Islands 1 1 33 Norway 1 3 34 France 1 3 35 Senegal 1 0 36 Iraq 1 0 37 Argentina 1 3 38 Austria 1 3 39 Jordan 1 0 40 Algeria 1 0 41 Colombia 1 3 42 Congo DR 1 1 43 Portugal 1 1 44 Uzbekistan 1 0 45 England 1 3 46 Ghana 1 3 47 Panama 1 0 48 Croatia 1 0 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Season Stats
Spain Cape Verde Islands #31 Position #32 1 Points 1 1 Played 1 0 / 1 / 0 W / D / L 0 / 1 / 0 0 Scored 0 0 Conceded 0 +0 GD +0 1.00 PPG 1.00 0% Win % 0% Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history100% Clean Sheets
Spain this season100% Clean Sheets
Cape Verde Islands this seasonSpain are 31st (1 pts). Cape Verde Islands are 32nd (1 pts).
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Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Spain is hosting Cape Verde Islands for another epic battle.
- 5' Spain seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 10' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 15' It looks surprising Cape Verde Islands does not make any changes. Cucurella has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 16' Sidny Lopes Cabral was booked on 16.
- 21' Spain is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 26' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Aymeric Laporte made 436 appearances and scored 14 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 31' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 36' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Spain that had 119 games and scored 51 goals.
- 41' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 41 minutes.
- 46' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 51' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 56' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 61' Cape Verde Islands looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 66' Supporters expect more eagerness from Pau Cubarsi, as he is very good at scoring at Mercedes-Benz Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 71' It looks like no one’s ball. Cape Verde Islands is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 76' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Cape Verde Islands winning 0% of all matches.
- 81' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Spain needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 86' Vozinha has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Pedri.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.
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Lineups
Spain Lineups
4-1-2-3Starting XI
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Ferran Torres ↓ Dani Olmo 81'
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Rodri ↓ Nico Williams 87'
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8
Fabian Ruiz ↓ Mikel Merino 71'
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9
Pablo Gavira ↓ Lamine Yamal 71'
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Bench
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6
Mikel Merino ↑ 71'
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Dani Olmo ↑ 81'
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Nico Williams ↑ 87'
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Lamine Yamal ↑ 71'
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Coach Luis de la FuenteCape Verde Islands Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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13
Sidny Lopes Cabral ↓ Joao Paulo 76'
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15
Laros Duarte ↓ Deroy Duarte 61'
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Jamiro Monteiro ↓ Telmo Arcanjo 79'
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Jovane Cabral ↓ Willy Semedo 61'
Bench
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Joao Paulo ↑ 76'
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18
Telmo Arcanjo ↑ 79'
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Deroy Duarte ↑ 61'
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Nuno Da Costa ↑ 61'
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Willy Semedo ↑ 61'
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H2H
Head to Head
Spain Form
Cape Verde Islands Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 40.3 Spain xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.3 Cape Verde Islands xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 97% + Under — clean sheet likely 90%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 0.6Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 42% 58% ± 1.5 14% 86% ± 2.5 3% 97% ± 3.5 1% 99% ± 4.5 0% 100% Double Chance
Spain or Draw 80%Draw or Cape Verde Islands 73%Spain or Cape Verde Islands 47%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual0 – 1 14%1 – 0 14%1 – 1 7.1%0 – 2 1.9%2 – 0 1.9%1 – 2 1.1%2 – 1 1.1%2 – 2 0.3%0 – 3 0.2%3 – 0 0.2%1 – 3 0.1%Asian Handicap — Spain
Handicap Spain covers Push Cape Verde Islands covers -2.5 0% — 100% -2 0% 2% 98% -1.5 2% — 98% -1 2% 15% 83% -0.5 17% — 83% +0.5 83% — 17% +1 83% 15% 2% +1.5 98% — 2% +2 98% 2% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
Spain keeps clean sheet 74% ✓Cape Verde Islands keeps clean sheet 74% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.